Randy Pausch Quotes

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did something exceptional. I tell my teams that it's the random acts of kindness, the unexpected, that people remember most.

Everything good that's ever happened to me came out of helping others.

It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

May we do good everywhere as we have opportunity, and results will not be wanting!

Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Getting past my early 20s, I feel a bit more maturity and responsibility about that stuff. You get a good feeling from doing something good. You see a kid and you make his day, you realise the power of it. Whereas before, I was like, 'That's cool, whatever.' But now, that's what I'm most appreciative of.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The friendly smile, the word of greeting, are certainly something fleeting and seemingly insubstantial. You can’t take them with you. But they work for good beyond your power to measure their influence. It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters . . . I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

Life has a way of shining on people who stand in the sunshine of kind actions.

When you put good will out there, it's amazing what can be accomplished.

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It promotes both beauty in the man who possesses it, and happiness in those who are about him. It is a religious duty, and should be a part of religious training.

One good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages.

One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.